{"id":2990,"date":"2025-06-10T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=2990"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:31:43","slug":"areas09_syst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-kikai\/areas09_syst\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Mechanical Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/7c9752c35810f1ab45a2ec42a0e7fa85.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3321 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/7c9752c35810f1ab45a2ec42a0e7fa85-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/7c9752c35810f1ab45a2ec42a0e7fa85-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/7c9752c35810f1ab45a2ec42a0e7fa85.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our laboratory conducts research on the design, fabrication, and control of novel soft actuators, artificial muscles, and soft sensors using flexible materials. We are also engaged in the development of soft robots that integrate these components, aiming to create next-generation robots that are safe, gentle, and capable of smooth, human-friendly motion.<\/p>\n<table class=\"el_table_fix\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 20%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas06_syst\/WAKIMOTO Shuichi.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"408\"><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 80%\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Assoc. Prof.WAKIMOTO Shuichi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">E-mail: <span id=\"content_ousdb1_lp$002fitem$005b1$005d$002fsys_mail\">wakimoto<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> [at]<\/span> <\/span>cc.okayama-u.ac.jp<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">actuator, sensor, mechatronics, softactuator, softmechanism, medical device, welfare device, microsystem, microreactor, specific environment, extreme environment, spacecraft, lunar exploration, pneumatics, ultrasonics, piezoelectricity, microchannel\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a class=\"el_linkBtn\" href=\"https:\/\/soran.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/html\/9de186c1a51eacdb74506e4da22f6611_en.html\">Directory of Researchers<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas06_syst\/img_WAKIMOTO Shuichi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas06_syst\/img_WAKIMOTO Shuichi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"146\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pneumatic artificial muscle is a soft and high-power actuator that is composed of rubber material and fibers and driven by air pressure. 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